Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-21

visitor through MS gold trimmed spects
Giles. "What do you live upon?"
"There is my pey," begsn Lonsdhle,
coIoring.
"Umph. And your debts, l suppose;
but how DO you propose TO keep q wifeI"
"With my allowances, which will be
ample, when get staff appointment in
Indis-n
"When yeu get it!' snapped Uncle
Gr!mshaw. az think the proposed en-
gagement little better than utter lunacy."
he added, rasping up his side tufts, and
rising from his chair to intimate that the
interview was over.
Thus, for time, he declined to enter
tam the idea Of an engagement, and sup
posed that when Montague LOnsdale was
-mpelled to return to India the affair
would blow over and be forgotten"
Meanwhile he wrote to Melanie scold-
ing letter for entangling herself with
"tlis penniless fellow" and another to
Mrs. Chiuington, urging her to prolong
her niece's visit TO the park; but, eventu-
ally finding that Captain Lonsdale was
quietly and steadily determined as ever,
and at another interview he went over ell
the old arguments again, be gave grudg-
ing and unwilling half-promise to tolerate
the idea, nothing more, still hoping that
separation would effect a cure OF this
folly.
He had never been in love himself al
any time, and "couldn't understand wha'
il meant"
AS sealed book to him had been the
sentiments of the author of "Venice Pre-
served"
o. woman lovely woman Nature made thee
To temper man; we had been orutes Wllhou
Angels are painted fair TO look lii e you
There's in you all that we believe OF heaven;
Amazing brightness, purity and truth,
Eternal 10Y and everlasting love
Uncle Grimshaw's new residence
Rose Cottage, with its garden enclosed
by s stone fence, and shaded by OLD oeecl
trees-was in g part OF Oxfordshlre com
paratively strange to Melanie, and few
miles further from London tksn his form
er one. 1t was much smsller, too, as n
had urged pointedly IN his letters to ne
that retrenchment had become now NOR
than ever necessary.
Melanie's eye. womsnlike, was speedil
attracted, on her return home, by IN
well worn and carefully dsrned carpets
the faded curtains and cTetonre chalr
covers, and By the general, but long fa
cislly after her recent experiences s
Chillipgton Park: and the sense OF a
E,is affected her keenly, like species
heartache.
Her uncle was from home Just then.
"Absent; thank heaven" thought she
as she tossed aside her hat and travelin
bag. "Then shall have no need 10 plea
that glorious institution of the BIltls
female headache ~
But she wss warmly welcomed by ne
brothers; by the poor cripple Reggie, WI
occupied sofa in corner, by blue-eye
and golden-haired Dick, sturdy an
rudy checked by boy in his twelfth yes
who had Just returned from fishing IN Il
Cherweii, snd by her friend and gossip
amy Brendon, bright Hebe in her Gig!
teenth year, who had come from IL
fathers vicsrage at Stokencross-so-cal
ed from great wooden Calvary whit
stood there of old-a Young lady of who
we shall have something to relate In Il
future.
Amy was petite In figure, bat very pc
feet in the beauty of her form and fac
Her eyes Were dark, thoughtful and sol
and her hair, thick and wavy, was OF
deep dark brown; and clusters Of freshl
gathered red roses filled her childli